The tradition of heading to Mecca for pilgrimages predates Islam. LONDON -- Millions of Muslims gather every year in the holy, Saudi Arabian city of Mecca for Hajj –- a pilgrimage that includes a ...

One of the five pillars of Islam is that each believer is called, at least once in their lives, to make the Hajj, the annual pilgrimage that starts and ends in the holy city of Mecca located in ...

Background. Annually, Saudi Arabia is the host of the Hajj mass gathering. We aimed to determine the Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) nasal carriage rate among pilgrims ...

In this Review, Professor Ziad Memish, Deputy Minister of Health for Public Health in Saudi Arabia and colleagues outline the latest real-time disease surveillance system that was recently piloted to ...

Once every year, Muslims from all corners of the world set course for one of Islam's holiest sites in the city of Mecca. The pilgrimage to the holy city in the Hejaz region of Saudi Arabia is a ...

National Chief Imam The National Chief Imam, Sheikh Osman Nuhu Sharubutu, has congratulated the recently re-appointed Hajj ...

The National Chief Imam, Sheikh Osman Nuhu Sharubutu, has congratulated Abdul Rauf Ibrahim Tanko on his reappointment as the ...

(RNS) — The changes are not only sensible but, after last year's massive loss of life at the Hajj, necessary. (RNS) — Hajj is too expensive. Hajj is too crowded. Hajj isn’t regulated well enough. The ...